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Introductions

• HISTORY: Second Temple Period - Return to Zion
• The Temple in the Second-Temple Judaism (Toronto U.)

Second Temple Jeusalem

• The Temple Mount in Jerusalem - an Archaeological/ Architectual Analysis
• Model of the Second Temple in Jerusalem
• The Temple Mount in Jerusalem - The Location of the Temple Site
• The Temple Institute
• Online Course: Jerusalem: Life Throughout the Ages in a Holy City. (Ingeborg Rennert Center for Jerusalem Studies, Bar-Ilan U.)

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The Hellenistic Period

• The Jews of Ptolemaic & Greco - Roman Egypt
• Cynics of the Decapolis and Eretz Israel in the Hellenistic Period - M. Luz
• Encyclopedia Britannica - Hellenistic Judaism

The Hasmoneans

• Maccabean Revolt Chronology
• Texts on Antiochus IV Epiphanes, on the Maccabean Revolt and on the Hasmonean Regime - Mahlon H. Smith
• 1 Maccabees - On-Line Text
• 2 Maccabees - On-Line Text
• A Note on the Use of the Bible in 1 Maccabees - U. Rappaport
• On something Biblical about II Maccabees - Daniel R. Scwartz
• Antiochus IV Epiphanes in Jerusalem - Daniel R. Schwartz
• The Hasmonean Palace
• The Tomb of the Last Hasmonean? - Eliezer Segal
• The Samaritans in the Hasmonean Period - Lester L. Grabbe
• Horn of Sartaba, site of the Hasmonean fortress Alexandrion(photo: remains Hasmonean Fortress)

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Philonic Studies

• Resource pages for Biblical studies - the Philo of Alexandria page
• The Works of Philo Judaeus (online. Early Christian Writings. Trans.: Charles Duke Yonge)
• The Studia Philonica Annual - Studies in Hellenistic Judaism
• International Philo Bibliography Project - The Studia Philonica Annual
• The Philo Concordance Project
• Philo on the Essenes
• Philo of Alexandria, Embassy to Gaius 132-4, 349-67: The Attitude of Gaius Towards the Jews
• Philo Judaeus: The Creation of the World

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Jewish Sects

• Jewish Movements of the Second Temple Era - A Comparative Chart
• PHARISEES (Aramaic, "Perishaya"; Hebr. "Perushim")by: Kaufmann Kohler
• SADDUCEES by: Kaufmann Kohler
• Pharisees & Sadducees - Mahlon H. Smith
• Who were the Pharisees and the Sadducees - Bryan T. Huie
• In Search of a Pharisee - D R de Lacey
• Current Scholasrship on the Pharisees - Steve Mason
• Bibloiography of Sects and Sectarianism in the Second Commonwealth - Meir Bar Ilan
• Caiaphas(Livius)

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Dead Sea Scrolls/Qumran Studies

• Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls
• Dead Sea Scroll Texts: Gnostic Society Library
• University of Chicago: The Dead Sea Scrolls and Other Hebrew MSS Project
• The Ancient Library of Qumran and Modern Scholarship - An Exhibit at the Library of Congress
• The Shrine of the Book - Israel Museum
• The Digital Dead Sea Scrolls - On-Line Texts
• The Dead Sea Scrolls - Mahlon H. Smith
• West Semitic Research Project: Dead Sea Scrolls (USC)

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Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha

• The Noncanonical Homepage
• Old Testament Apocrypha - On-Line Texts
• Old Testament Pseudepigrapha - On-Line Texts
• The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha Web Page
• Old Testament Pseudepigrapha Bibliography (2007) (2002) (1999) (1997)
• Jesus Sirach - Ben Sira - Ecclesiasticus - Franz Böhmisch (German)
• The Aseneth Home Page - Dr Mark Goodacre
• The Life of Adam and Eve: The Biblical Story in Judaism and Christianity - Gary A. Anderson and Michael E. Stone
• The Book of Enoch (also referred to as "Ethiopian Enoch" or "1 Enoch")
• The Words of Gad the Seer Bibliography - Meir Bar-Ilan
• Pseudepigrapha Bibliography - Meir Bar-Ilan

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Herod and the Herodian Dynasty

• Herod New World Encyclopedia
• Palestine Under the Herods
• Texts on the Rise of Antipater& Sons, on Herod's Reign of Terror and on Uprisings after Herod - Mahlon H. Smith
• Herod's Palace Map
• King Herod the Great (Livius)
• Herod Antipas (Livius)
• Herod Archelaus(Livius)
• Herod Agrippa I (Livius)
• Julius Marcus Agrippa (Agrippa II) (Livius)

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Jews and the Roman Empire

• Political Rulers of Palestine in the New Testament Era
• Roman Rulers + Basic Biographical Data- Mahlon H. Smith
• The House of Caesar - Lineage & Notes - Mahlon H. Smith
• Map: Land of Israel in 1st c. CE - Mahlon H. Smith
• Ancient History Sourcebook: Josephus (37 - after 93 CE): Galilee, Samaria and Judea in the First Century CE
• Ancient History Sourcebook: Roman Sources on the Jews and Judaism, 1 BCE-110 CE - Texts from Augustus, Claudius, Strabo and Tacitus.
• Jewish History Surcebook: Jews and the Later Roman Law, 313-531 CE
• Jewish History Sourcebook: Julian and the Jews, 361-363 CE
• Texts on Galilee under Antipas, on Crises from Pilate to Caligula on Demagogues and Despots and on the Revolt against Rome - Mahlon H. Smith

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Flavius Josephus

• Flavius Josephus Home Page G. J. Goldberg
• Works of Flavius Josephus (Studylight)
• The Writings of Flavius Josephus (Crosswalk - Bible Study Tools)
• The Works of Flavius Josephus  (translated by William Whiston)
• Flavius Josephus - The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem (The Preterist Archive)
• Josephus - Basic Biographical Data - Mahlon H. Smith
• Josephus in Greek - Perseus
• Flavius Josephus (+ many links) (Early Christian Writings)
• https://brill.com/view/serial/CFJ The Brill Josephus Project - first comprehensive commentary in English to the works of Josephus; new English translation. balance between historical/archaeological and philological concerns.
• Bibliography and Reviews: Books and Articles on Josephus - G.J. Goldberg
• Calanus(see Against Apion 1, 175ff.)   (Livius)

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Rabbinic Writings

• Talmudic Judaism: Historical Outline - Eliezer Segal
• A Page from the Babylonian Talmud - Eliezer Segal
• The Sol and Evelyn Henkind Talmud Text Databank - A Computerized Databank of the texts of the Babylonian Talmud Based upon Manuscripts and Early Editions
• Pirqe Rabbi Eliezer - Electronic Text Editing Project
• The Newsletter for Targumic and Cognate Studies
• Targumic Texts
• The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon - Hebrew Union College
• Persona in Rabbinic Tradition - Mahlon H. Smith
• Rabinic Tradition - Mahlon H. Smith
• The Darshan: Preacher and Teacher of Talmudic Times (pdf) - Marc Bregman
• Encyclopedia Britannica - Rabbinic Judaism

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The Early Church

• Guide to Early Church Documents
• Ancient Jewish Accounts of Jesus
• Into His Own - Perspective on the World of Jesus - Mahlon H. Smith
• The Jewish Roman World of Jesus - James D. Tabor
• The Synoptic Problem
• The Johannine Literature Website - Felix Just, S.J.
• History of the Church of Jerusalem
• The New Testament Gateway - Mark Goodacre
• The New Testament and Early Christianity - Research Bibliography
• The Gospel of Barnabas
• The Fathers of the Church
• Early Church Documents  (The Ecole Initiative - Evansville U.)
• Christian Apocrypha
• Early Christian Writings
• Dialogue of Justin, Philosopher and Martyr, with Trypho, A Jew
• Medieval Sourcebook: Saint John Chrysostom (c. 347-407): Homilies Against the Jews
• Links to Early Christianity, Epigraphy, Religion, Archaeology (Toronto U.)
• Books of the Bible in Alphabetical order (including NT, Apocrypha, Pseudepigrapha...) New American Bible
• The New Testament in Hebrew
• Early Church Fathers
• Associations, Synagogues, and Congregations- Philip A. Harland (many pictures and maps)

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Gnosticism

• The Gnosis Archive
• The Nag Hammadi Library
• The Center for Marcionite Research
• Valentinus and the Valentinian Tradition
• The Gospel of Thomas Homepage
• Gnostic Studies at the University of Goettingen

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Ancient Jewish Mysticism and Magic

• Mysticism during the Talmudic Era: Sources - Eliezer Segal
• Jewish Roots of Eastern Christian Mysticism
• Sepher Yetzirah - The Ancient "Book of Formation"
• Leo Baeck: Sefer Yetzirah
• Sefer Yetzirah: Book of Creation & Saadias Commentary (excerpts)
• Sefer Yetzirah Bibliography - Scott J. Thompson
• The Ascent to the Merkabah - Eliezer Segal
• Traditions of Magic in Late Antiquity - An Exhibition
• Bibliography of Ancient Mysticism: Hekhalot Literature - Meir Bar Ilan
• Bibliography of Metatron - Meir Bar Ilan
• Bibliography of Jewish Magic in Antiquity - Meir Bar Ilan
• Bibliography of Exorcism by Jews - Meir Bar Ilan
• Bibliography of Monsters and Fabulous Creatures in Jewish Folklore - Meir Bar Ilan

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The Synagogue

• Associations, Synagogues, and Congregations-  Philip A. Harland (many pictures and maps)
• Second Temple Synagogue FAQs - Donald D. Binder
• Ancient Synagogue Literary Archive - Donald D. Binder
• The Synagogue - Select Bibliography - Donald D. Binder
• Links to Early Christianity, Epigraphy, Religion, Archaeology   (Toronto U.)

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Inscriptions, Documents and Coins

• Inscriptions from the Land of Israel - Michael L. Satlow
• Sampler of Inscriptions Documenting Jews and Judaism in the Greco-Roman Diaspora - Ross s. Kraemer
• The Image Collection of the West Semitic Research Project
• Elephantine Papyri
• Marriage & Divorce Papyri of the Ancient Greek, Roman and Jewish World - D. Instone Brewer
• Greater Judaean Numismatic Timeline
• Coins and Judaean History 168 BCE - 135 CE - Dave Garstang
• Ancient Coinage of Judaea
• The Septuagint and the NT in Greek  (Adobe Acrobat format)

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Gender Studies

• The Jewish Calendar (Livius)
• Women in Ancient Synagogues - Donald D. Binder
• Diotima - Materials for the Study of Women and Gender in Judaism, Early Christianity and Late Antiquity
• Bibliography of Jewish Women in Antiquity - Meir Bar-Ilan
• Bibliography of Childhood in Antiquity - Meir Bar-Ilan
• Bibliography of Gender Studies and the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha - Victor H. Matthews
• Bibliography of Gender Studies and Rabbinic and Mishnaic Judaism - Victor H. Matthews

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Online Courses

• Post-Biblical Judaism - Eliezer Segal, University of Calgary
• The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha - James R. Davila, University of St. Andrews
• Jerusalem in the Second Temple Period - Lee I. Levine, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
• Second Temple Period Jerusalem - Charles E. Carter, Seton Hall University
• Exploring the Dead Sea Scrolls - Robert A. Kraft, University of Pennsylvania
• Judaism of the Talmud and Midrash - Eliezer Segal, University of Calgary
• Rabbinic Judaism: Prayer and Liturgy - David R. Blumenthal, Emory University
• Into His Own - Perspective on the World of Jesus - Mahlon H. Smith, Rutgers University
• From Cyrus to Jesus - Ehud Ben Zvi, University of Alberta
• Introduction to the New Testament - Alan Humm, Albright College
• Early Christianity, Jesus to Constantine - Hayim Lapin, University of Maryland
• The Judeo-Christian Tradition - Ralph Keen, University of Iowa
• Introduction to Talmud - Melton Research Center for Jewish Education
• The History Wheel - The Center for Educational Technology (Hebrew)
• The Intertestamental Period - Barry D. Smith, Atlantic Bapist University
• Jews Under Christian and Muslim Rule in the Middle Ages  Prof. Magdalena Teter, Wesleyan U.

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Bibliographies

• Basic Readings in the Second Temple - Talmudic Period - The Dinur Center
• The Hellenistic and Roman Periods in the Near East - Clay Poe
• The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha Bibliography - James R. Davila
• Cumulative Index of the Old Testament Pseudepigrapha Bibliography by Title of Text>
• The Words of Gad the Seer Bibliography - Meir Bar-Ilan
• Pseudepigrapha Bibliography - Meir Bar-Ilan
• Ben-Sira Bibliography - Franz Bצhmisch
• The Aseneth Home Page - Mark Goodcare
• Hisorical Outline of the Roman Empire - Clay Poe
• Flavius Josephus - Searchable Bibloography Database - Institutum Judaicum Delitzschianum
• Books and Articles on Josephus - G. J. Goldberg
• Jewish Sectarianism Bibliography - Meir Bar Ilan
• The Dead Sea Scrolls Bibliography - The Orion Center
• Bibliography of Works Pertaining to the Study of Targum - Okeanos
• Midrash Bibliography - Hebrew Union College
• The Synagogue - Selected Bibliography - Donald D. Binfer
• Bibliography for Research in Rabbinic Judaism - Eliezer Segal
• Sefer Yetzirah Bibliography - Scott J. Thompson
• Bibliography of Ancient Mysticism: Hekhalot Literature - Meir Bar Ilan
• Bibliography of Metatron - Meir Bar Ilan
• Bibliography of Jewish Magic in Antiquity - Meir Bar Ilan
• Bibliography of Exorcism by Jews - Meir Bar Ilan
• Bibliography of Monsters and Fabulous Creatures in Jewish Folklore - Meir Bar Ilan
• Bibliography of Jewish Women in Antiquity - Meir Bar-Ilan
• Bibliography of Childhood in Antiquity - Meir Bar-Ilan
• Gender Studies and the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha - Victor H. Matthews
• Gender Studies and Rabbinic and Mishnaic Judaism - Victor H. Matthews
• Bibliographies by Meir Bar-Ilan
• History of the Second Temple Period - Syllabus (JTS)

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Miscellaneous

• The Jewish Calendar (Livius)
• Online Course: Jerusalem: Life Throughout the Ages in a Holy City.  Ingeborg Rennert Center for Jerusalem Studies, Bar-Ilan U.

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